Senior Linux/Unix Systems EngineerMetasys Technologies is seeking a qualified Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer for our direct client.Job DescriptionSenior Unix Systems Engineer with experience working in data centers and hosting facilities. Strong UNIX experience with Red Hat is required. Solaris experience is a plus.Qualifications (background, education, experience, and other requirements):8+ years of UNIX (Enterprise Red Hat, and/or Solaris) systems experience in a large, 24x7 high availability environment.Experience and deep knowledge of Red Hat RHEL 4.x and 5.xExperience building in VMWare 4 and 5 environments.Strong scripting skills (KORN, Perl, bash, Awk, Sed, etc.) Python (is a plus)IBM and/or Sun Blade Centers hardware experience desired, high end server experience a plusAdvanced Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) or other High-availability service.Experience with Sendmail, Apache, Oracle WeblogicExperience with installation and basic Oracle 10/11g functions (Not looking for a DBA, but should know basic SQL)Experience working with Oracle RAC desirableRHCT and RHCE desirableKnowledge of Multi-Tiered Application ArchitectureStrong experience and knowledge of system internals; memory management, scheduling, TCP/IP stack, and etc...Strong knowledge of dns, ntp, nfs, and ftpExperience and knowledge Ethernet, multicast, vlan tagging, RDMA, etc...Ability to compile Linux Kernels and Kernel modulesExperience with Networking (sub-netting, routing, etc.) and SAN concepts (provisioning, use, etc.)Experience with ITILAbility to document as built operating guides and facilitate operations acceptance.